Cycling: Porte shines on Dauphine time trial as Froome disappoints

ADELAIDE – Australian Richie Porte sent a warning to his Tour de France rivals by winning the Criterium du Dauphine’s fourth stage, a 23.5-km individual time trial, as Chris Froome struggled on Wednesday.

BMC rider Porte clocked a best time of 28 minutes 7 seconds to beat German Tony Martin (Katusha-Alpecin) by 12 seconds and Spain’s Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) by 24.